Canada Conservatives Want Chinese EVs Barred and Their Software Banned (eletric-vehicles.com)

submitted 1 day ago by SamuelRJankis@sh.itjust.works to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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Generally avoid posting idiotic things this guy says, but as most people know as offensive as this guy is he's been sure not to offend anyone powerful and it seems like he's finally picked a side. Hopefully this will the straw that break the camel back for the Conservatives.

The Conservative leader called for a ban on Chinese software, matching the US.

“We will protect the North American supply chains by keeping the 75% rule in place, harmonise the North American cybersecurity rules by banning Chinese software, and align with our partners on the tariff against China to counter unfair trade and increase our negotiating leverage,” he stated.

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[-] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 41 points 1 day ago

We NEED cheap small EVs to go pick up our groceries and drop our kids off at school and go to the occasional dinner invitation at your relatives.

Right now all we have are huge expensive or luxury EVs. I want a fucking Honda Fit or Toyota Yaris or a Ford Focus type of car. And the only ones that have them ready to sell are the Chinese.

So let them in and allow us to dump ICE vehicles once and for all.

[-] Ariselas@piefed.ca 15 points 1 day ago

Fuck ICE in all fields

[-] wieson@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago

* heey~~~ * sad german high speed passenger train noises

(Inter city express)

[-] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 4 points 22 hours ago

How often is it running on time with no issues?
Legitimate question, I only took it once from Frankfurt to Cologne, and it was ok once we were onboard, but was massively delayed. Just curious if that was an outlier or a regular thing.

[-] wieson@feddit.org 6 points 21 hours ago

It's delayed quite often.
Making fun of the DB is its own genre of comedy.

But I have to stand up for them a little bit: obviously one delay is more memorable than 10 arrivals on time.

[-] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 4 points 16 hours ago

obviously one delay is more memorable than 10 arrivals on time.

Our brains are wired to remember negative outcomes to help decision making in the future. Which is why I was asking, I didn't have a great opinion of it, and just wanted to be sure I wasn't being needlessly harsh.
Which it seems like I was.... considering I live in the UK and rail travel here is an absolute joke. No reason the train from Edinburgh to London should be 5ish hours and 7ish to drive. It's not even really that far...I say as a Canadian with a probably quite skewed perception of reasonable distances to drive....